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...generations under restrictive laws and incarceration during World War II, because of intense commitment to "the honor of the family." Italian Americans, though similarly family-centered, have done less well, he says, because the abler members of each generation were taught that upward mobility would estrange them from-even betray-the rest of the family. Some of these group traits sound like pernicious stereotypes, especially his portrayal of blacks. Writes Sowell: "With little incentive to work any more than necessary to escape punishment, slaves developed foot-dragging, work-evading patterns that were to remain as a cultural legacy long after...
...comic, terrifying and erotic (if live actors were seen doing what drawn figures occasionally do here, the picture might have rated an X). But the animation is crude when it is not pretentious; the score, heavily laden with rock music, is positively bellicose; and the truncated tales told all betray their comicbook origins. As a result, one is constantly distanced from the movie. Perhaps it should be seen by people with something more potent than popcorn coursing through their veins. But even as a trip movie it cannot be compared to such classics as 2001 and Fantasia...
Smith agreed. Said a Pentagon aide: "Weinberger found it simply inconceivable that an Air Force officer could betray strategic weapons secrets and get away with just a slap on the wrist...
...eyes betray him. Whenever his image is challenged, or even when he merely pauses to contemplate the possible consequences of his outrageous shuck, they grow round with alarm. Then there is the problem of body language. Just when he is smoothing along nice and easy, something will throw him off-stride, and he will be afflicted by these strange jerks and twitches. And that says nothing about the sudden babbles of overexplanation that seize him when someone in authority intrudes on one of his scenes...
...LOOK AT HIM, you would never suspect what he has gone through. Few visible scars betray his ordeal. His socks and shoes conceal the most obvious reminders--an extensive collection of burns on his legs and feet, which were slit open and then cauterized with smoldering cigarettes. Of course, maybe if you looked closely, you might notice his crooked jaw, which protrudes unevenly, expecially when he indulges in a rare smile. His hunched shoulders and shuffling gait--the drooping posture of one who faced prison torture for over a year--call more attention to themselves, especially as he walks around...